2007-05-26, 19:31 | Link #141 |
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone had the opportunity to view the Blu-ray version on something other than a PS3?
I downloaded the 1.80 upgrade for my PS3 today, and it has a number of improvements including PSX/PS2 game and DVD upscaling to 720p/1080x as well as Blu-ray downscaling to 720p. That last feature had me hoping that AIR would finally look clean, but no luck. It fixes the problem where Blu-ray discs with 1080p streams got downconverted all the way to 480p for people with early HDTVs that maxed out at 720p, but doesn't seem to do anything for discs that are encoded at 720p to begin with, as we assume AIR to be -- it's as jaggy as ever. The DVD upscaling works nicely, though, resulting in the DVD version looking much better than the Blu-ray version...sigh. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever confirmed this to be unique to those of us using PS3s for playback, or if it really is a fault with the Blu-ray version itself, caused in the original upscaling process. |
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2007-05-28, 08:26 | Link #143 | ||
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I personally have never had much trouble adding subtitles to DVDs - I have been, for instance, adding substreams to the Kanon 2006 DVDs as I get them, substreams that I've taken from Eclipse's releases. Takes a little bit of time, but isn't all that hard, at least I don't find it so. Your mileage may vary, of course, as may your software tools -Andiyar
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2007-11-04, 23:06 | Link #145 |
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AIR Blu-Ray question
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/c...e=UTF8&index=0
Can anyone tell me what this is? I'm really into AIR, but I can't seem to find any details about this item anywhere. I'd rather not drop $200 without knowing what I'm buying. >.< |
2007-11-04, 23:15 | Link #146 | |
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It contains all 12 episodes with the 2 special episodes. Seems like they made a new opening sequence for the Blu ray release. It has some extras like an extended version of the new opening, an illustration gallery pics, and Japanese subtitles. The movie is not included inside though. I suppose that if you're an Air fan, it's alright to buy it. But for a Blu Ray box set, having the movie included would have been a lot better. Well AFAIK, this is the first anime TV series I heard of that's released on High Definition. Japanese companies are still busy releasing anime series on standard DVDs. Only certain anime movies are released on High Definition. |
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2007-11-05, 04:00 | Link #147 |
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As musashiken has said, Air on Blu Ray is the original series mastered onto Blu Ray, with the two Air in Summer episodes. They've also created a new extended OP and a few other goodies. The bad news is, though, the entire set isn't actually HD. The episodes were upscaled from SD into HD, resulting in a 720p picture. The only actual HD content on the disks are the new OP sequences, which are present in 1080p. Also, I've read (and been told) that the upscaler wasn't exactly stellar, so that the picture increase on this set is so small as to be almost irrelevant compared to the R2 DVD release. So. It depends, really, if you want Air on Blu Ray enough to ignore the lack of an English translation and the subpar video present. I came within a whisker of buying it myself, until I realised I didn't have a Blu Ray player, wouldn't for a while, and then ADV releasing the R1 made me change my mind completely. But hey, YMMV. -Andiyar
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2008-04-08, 02:19 | Link #149 |
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AIR Blu-ray?
Was wondering if anyone had both AIR on DVD and on Blu-ray. I'm in Japan for a bit and was thinking about getting the AIR BD box-set if the quality is significantly improved over the DVD version since I wouldn't have to pay exorbitant markup through places like playasia and what not.
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